Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?
Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma
Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails
Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit
Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.
The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism
Trump seems to be ceding the future to China while emulating its past.
The Art of the Price Hike
Trump’s tariff plan has pushed America’s businesses into a nightmarish experiment.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab
Can anyone stop his space-based internet?
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
DOGE Is Still a Joke
Elon Musk’s project will have serious consequences. But as an effort to reduce federal spending, it’s laughable.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.
The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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